Building for Peace: U.S. Army Engineers in Europe, 1945-1991 (U.S. Army in the Cold War Series) - Hardcover

Robert P. Grathwol; Donita M. Moorhus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0160723728 ISBN 13: 9780160723728

Publisher: Department of the Army, 2006

Synopsis

NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price while supplies lastCMH Pub. 45-1. U.S. Army in the Cold War Series. Traces the activities of the American military engineers in Europe from the construction that began immediately after the end of World War II in 1945, through the increase in construction necessitated by the buildup of American troops during the Cold War, to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. High school students and above pursuing courswork about the Cold War and the Soviet Union may be interested in this resource for writing essays, and thesis papers. Historians, especially military historians, political scientists, military strategists, and military peace-keeping coordinators may also be interested in this volume.Related Women on the Frontlines of Peace and Security is available Cold War resources collection can be found Soviet Unon product collection can be found

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About the Author

In 1988 Robert P. Grathwol, Ph.D., and Donna Moorhus formed a partnership to conduct historical research and provide services in organizational development.  They are coauthors of Berlin and the American Military, A Cold War Chronicle (1999); American Forces in Berlin, Outpost of the Cold War, 1945-1994 (1994); and Oral History and Postwar German-American Relations: Resources in the United States (1997, with Douglas J. Wilson).  They are also coauthors of “Bricks, Sand, and Marble: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Military Construction in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1947-1991” (Hardcover format available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00518-2  --Paperback format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00492-5 ).

Grathwol has more than thirty years of experience as a professional historian and publishing scholar.  He has worked extensively with archival documents in Europe, as well as in the National Archives, federal records centers, and the Library of Congress.  He taught twentieth century European history at Washington State University, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Arkansas.  Academic publications include Stresemann and the DNVP and numerous scholarly articles and book reviews in both English and German.  Grathwol studied in France on a Fulbright Scholarship and spent two years as an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow in Germany.  He holds a Diplome Superieur frothe Centre des Hautes Etudes Europeenes, Universite de Strasbourg, and a P.h.D. from the University of Chicago.

Donita Moorrhus is an oral historian, researcher, and writer.  In addition to managing several historical research projects, she has written historical reports and activities in Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1988-1992, and 1992-1996.  For U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC), she as the coauthor of “Annual Historical Review, Fiscal Years 1991-1992,the “Annual Historical Review Fiscal Years 1992 through 1995,” and sole author of a “Historical Report of the Investigations of Sexual Misconduct in the Army, September 1996 through July 1997.”  Ms. Moorhus has interviewed senior officers of the U.S. military, civilians in government service, members of Congress, business leaders, foreign nationals, and journalists.  She has an M.S. from Fordham University.
 
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Department of the Army
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0160723728
• ISBN 13: 9780160723728
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 503